1. Civil Rights
Section 3

2. The Continued Fight for Equality
More difficult to convince whites to share economic and social power than to share lunch counters and bus seats.
Northern Segregation
De facto segregation – racial attitudes
Southern Segregation
Both de facto and de jure segregation – segregation by law (Jim Crow laws)
Urban Violence
NYC, 1964
LA, 1965 (34 people killed, $30 million property damage)
1967 – riots in over 100 cities

3. Johnson’s Help? January 1964, Johnson announces “War on Poverty,”
Part of “Great Society”
A program to help impoverished Americans.
War in Vietnam took the funds away.
Dr. King: “The Great Society has been shot down on the battlefields of Vietnam.”

4. The Black Power Movement
Philosophy moves away from peaceful protest
Malcolm X
Muslim preacher – blamed white man for the black condition.
Stokely Carmichael
Member of SNCC
Popularized the “Black Power” phrase
Focus on developing African American pride
Black Panthers – new political party
Followed philosophy of Mao Zedong
“Power flows out of the barrel of a gun.”

5. Dr. King’s Death
April 4th, 1968 Dr. King is shot by James Earl Ray on the balcony of his hotel room.
Response is unprecedented violence in 125 cities.

6. Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement
Kerner Commission
Appointed by Johnson to study the cause of urban violence. Their findings: white racism.
Brought about end of de jure segregation
Several new laws
Brown vs. Board of Ed.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1968 – banned discrimination in housing
African American pride
Increased voter registration among blacks
Affirmative Action